Vols. for 1994-1995 distributed to depository libraries in microfiche.

General Note:

Special "80th anniversary supplement" issue published on Aug. 12, 1994.

General Note:

Special ed. for 65th anniversary of the Panama Canal issued at end of Oct. 1979, is also a joint issue with: The News: authorized unofficial publication of the U.S. Armed Forces, Quarry Heights, Panama, and includes the text of the Panama Canal Act.

Vol. IX, No. 40 More Than 56 Years of Service to World Commerce Friday, March 19, 1971

Retirement Annuities

May Be Increased 4%

U.S. Government employees who
retire before June 1 and those al-
ready retired will receive an annuity
increase of at least 4 percent, if the
Consumer Price Index for February
and March increases 3 percent or
more, as it did in January.
The increase would be payable
under the Civil Service Retirement
Law that provides for the automatic
increase of civil service annuities
whenever the cost of living, nation-
wide, goes up by at least 3 percent
over the Consumer Price Index base
month and stays up at least 3 per-
cent for 3 consecutive months.
January 1971 was the first month
since the base month of May 1970
that the percentage rise was up at
least 3 percent. The index rose 3.0
percent the first month of this year.
If the percentage rise continues
to stay up by at least 3 percent in
February and March, annuities will
be stepped up by the highest in-
crease during the 3-month period
plus an additional 1 percent author-
ized by law.
The increase for February will be

Gen. Mabry

Will Open

Cayuco Race
Maj. Gen. George L. Mabry, com-
mander, U.S. Army Forces Southern
Commander, will fire the opening
gun for the 1971 Ocean-to-Ocean
Cavuco Race at the Cristobal Yacht
Club, April 2, at 4 p.m.
The 18th annual competition,
sponsored by the Canal Zone Coun-
cil Boy Scouts of America, is ex-
pected to be the biggest in the his-
tory of the event. At least 30 dug-
out canoes will compete.
Destiny, last year's champion and
the fastest cayuco in the history of
the race, will compete again this
year along with Predator, last year's
second place winner. Both Destiny
and Predator are sponsored by the
Cristobal Elks Lodge. Destiny fin-
ished the race last year in 6 hours,
19 minutes, and 58 seconds, which
was about 8 minutes slower than the
record she set in 1969. El Bejuco,
which has won the race several
times, will also be in the line-up.
Explorers on both sides of the
Isthmus are hard at work readying
their boats and concentrating on im-
proving their skill as they prepare
for the 2V2 days of grueling paddling
from the Cristobal Yacht Club to
Rodman Naval Station on the Pa-
cific side of the Isthmus.
Capt. R. J. Norman, chief of the
Navigation Division and coordinator
for the cayuco race, has asked that
all shipping proceed at safe speeds
when in the vicinity of the cayucos.
In 1964 several cayucos capsized in
Gatun Lake due to the wakes
created by passing vessels.
The first lap of the race will be
from the Cristobal Yacht Club to
Gatun Locks. Lap 2 will begin at
7 a.m., April 3, at Gatun and end
at Gamboa with the final lap from
Gamboa to the Rodman Naval Sta-
tion beginning at 8 a.m., April 4.
Each unit will select a queen, as
in past years, and the unit having
the winning crew will have its queen
(Continued on p. 4)

announced later and the CPI for
the month of March probably will
not be available until the last week
of April.
To take advantage of any such
increase, an employee would have
to be separated before June 1, 1971.

Youth Council

Strikes Blow

For Tidiness
Dry season activities of the Canal
Zone Youth Council continue to ex-
pand as interest in the organization
grows. The latest program stresses
the theme of "helping others help
themselves" and was launched last
week when youth from Latin Amer-
ican and U.S. communities cleaned
and painted the basement of the
Santa Cruz National Baptist Church.
The area will be used as an exten-
sion of the church's social center
and will serve as an area for a
kindergarten as well as a planning
facility for community projects.
Plans are being developed to con-
tinue this "self-help" program on a
regular basis for participation by all
Canal Zone youth.
Meanwhile, another Canal Zone
College Youth Council Railroad Car
Beer Pub work party will gather
tomorrow at 9 a.m. to continue
renovating two railroad cars to be
used as a pub for older members of
the council.
The pub will be located off Gail-
lard Highway between the Fast-
lich and Little League ballparks in
Balboa.
Everyone is welcome to par-
ticipate. Free soft drinks will be
provided.
Tonight and tomorrow night
junior and senior high school stu-
dents are invited to The Gap. Lo-
cated on Roosevelt Avenue across
from the Electrical Substation, The
Gap features dancing every Friday
and Saturday from 7:30 p.m. to mid-
(Continued on p. 4)

Engineering and Construction Director Col. Charles R.
Clark briefs members of the Panama Society of Engi-
neers and Architects during a partial transit of the
waterway on the launch "Las Cruces." The Panama

"Oliver!" Production,

Tryout Dates
Performance dates for Oliver!,
the Canal Zone United Fund pro-
duction, have been set for August 6
through 21, to give Canal employees
returning from vacation an oppor-
tunity to see the play, which is to be
produced and directed by Brunce
Quinn.
Tryouts for a cast of 40, with parts
for 19 children and 94 roles in the
musical hit adapted from the Charles
Dickens masterpiece, will be from
June 14 to 18. A search is currently
underway for the young boy who
will play the role of Oliver Twist,
the beloved little Londoner who has
stolen the hearts of millions since
Dickens created him in the 19th
century. In search of talent for his
production, Quinn has visited vari-
ous schools and youth activities
groups encouraging young people
to take part in this production which

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Members of the Canal Zone Youth Council from Balboa High School attack
Goethal's Memorial with brush and soap during a recent cleanup project.
The Maintenance Division of the Engineering and Construction Bureau
provided the cleaning equipment. Melinda Garcia, president of the Balboa
High School segment of the Youth Council, planned and directed the
project. The memorial is at the foot of the Administration Building.

engineers and architects and their colleagues from the
Canal Zone made an inspection of some of the major
projects being carried out by the Engineering and
Construction Bureau.

Announced
is a mixture of melodrama and real-
ism. It is estimated that from 300
to 500 children will audition for the
coveted roles.
Vera Bomford will be the cho-
reographer for the production, lend-
ing her extensive professional expe-
rience on the London stage to cap-
ture the many moods of the Dicken-
sian era of England. This will be
the third United Fund production
for Miss Bomford who choreogra-
phed and directed the unforgettable
Oklahoma! in 1964 and choreogra-
phed the outstanding dance art of
West Side Story in 1968. Miss Bom-
ford also has appeared in various
theater productions in Panama and
Peru.
Stage manager will be Keith
Brownfield, assisted by Steve Belok,
-who will be in charge of set con-
struction including a revolving stage
with two levels.
Bill Kirkland, who did an out-
standing job in Man of La Mancha
last year, will be in charge of
lighting.
The U.S. Air Forces Southern
Command Band, under the direction
of Capt. Nevin Lantry, will provide
the music for Oliver! This will be
the fourth time the band has been
associated with United Fund pro-
ductions, having provided musical
support for The King and I in 1965,
My Fair Lady in 1967 and Show-
boat in 1969.
Oliver! which was first produced
in London and then had a success-
ful run on Broadway, was made into
a film and received the Academy
Award in 1968 as the year's most
outstanding film. The music, lyrics,
and book were written by Lionel
Bart and the score includes such
favorites as "Who Will Buy My
Roses," "As Long As He Needs Me,"
"Where Is Love," "I'd Do Any-
thing," and "Oom-Pah-Pah."
Indicative of local interest in
Oliver!' is the fact that Carl Chap-
man, musical director at Cunindu
Junior High School, has chosen se-
lections from the musical hit for
presentation in the Spring Concert.
Selections from Oliver! also w:ll be
(Continued on p. 4)

P1 tWins

Pilot Wins

$400 for

Suggestion
A suggestion award certificate and
a check for $400 were presented
Monday to Capt. William T. Lyons,
a Panama Canal pilot, for his sug-
gestion to study the feasibility of
forecasting fog in Gaillard Cut and
vicinity.
The certificate and cash award,
the largest given to any employee
since the suggestion award program
was reorganized in October 1969,
was presented Captain Lyons by
Capt. Robert 0. Mink, USN, Pan-
ama Canal Marine Director, at a
special ceremony in his office at
Balboa Heights.
The prize winning suggestion sub-
mitted by Captain Lyons recom-
mended the establishment of a net-
(Continued on p. 4)

CHS Thespians

To Perform on

Pacific Side
The Cristobal High School Thes-
pians will head to the Pacific side
of the Isthmus March 20 to present
for 1 night only the mystery comedy,
The Black Flamingo. Curtain time
will be 7 p.m. at the Balboa High
School auditorium.
Admission is $1 for adults and 25
cents for children and Student Asso-
ciation members.
The Black Flamingo takes place
in France during the time of the
Revolution. The Bastille had fallen
and the nobles, those who were not
beheaded, had fled Paris with their
valuables to an inn called the Black
Flamingo. Perhaps no more cele-
brated a house for dark deeds
existed than the sinister inn, on the
road to Vienna Le Chateau in
northern France.
The nobles would stop at the inn
for a rest, only to awaken with their
valuables missing. Some never
awakened because, through the
ingenious machinations of the sly
innkeeper and his allies, they were
killed.

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THE PANAMA CANAL SPILLWAY

March 19, 1971

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Visibly exhausted after a rehearsal of "Feudin" a one- feuding families in the Ozarks, two other one-act plays,
act hillbilly comedy by Canal Zone College students are "No Exit" and "The Happy Journey to Camden and
members of the cast from left, Nona Garrett, Craig Trenton" will be presented by the Canal Zone College
Boatwright, Kathy Mulroy, Steve Boatwright, and Jill Drama Department March 25, 26, and 27 at 8 p.m.
Ebert. In addition to this comedy dealing with two For reservations call, 2-2380. Admission is free.

SPILLWAY
The PANAMA CANAL SPILLWAY is an
official publication of the Panama
Canal, Balboa Heights, C.Z. News
articles and pictures contained in it
are made available to all interested
news media for whatever use they
may wish to make of them and may
be reprinted without official clearance.
DAVID S. PARKER
Governor of the Canal Zone
R. S. HARTLINE
Lieutenant Governor
FRANK A. BALDWIN
Information Officer
Material intended for publication in
the SPILLWAY should be delivered to
the Panama Canal Press Office or
mailed to PANAMA CANAL SPILLWAY,
Box M, Balboa Heights, C.Z.
Distributed free to all Panama
Canal employees. Subscription cost
for others (including mailing) $2.60 a
year. Make checks payable to Panama
Canal Company and address to:
SPILLWAY Subscriptions, Box M,
Balboa Heights, C.Z.

CLOSINGS PLANNED
The convenience section of the
Retail Store at Paraiso will be closed
from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., April 1, and
the Balboa Optical Outlet of the
Balboa Retail Store will close at
noon March 31, instead of 5:30 p.m.
to permit formal inventory, it has
been announced by the Supply
Division.
On the Atlantic side, the depart-
ment store section of the Coco Solo
Retail Store will be closed all day
March 31, and the supermarket sec-
tion will be closed all day April 1,
for inventory.
Appropriate signs will be posted
notifying customers of closing hours
wherever necessary.

JWB To Exhibit

Ceramic Mosaics

Edith Lake will show a selection
of her ceramic mosaics at the Jewish
Welfare Board Gallery in Balboa
March 21 to April 2.
Each of the mosaics is prepared
and the t iles cut in such a way that
the grout lines form a complemen-
tary, independent, yet reinforcing
design to the color and line of the
subjects. All of the clay used in these
productions has been collected and
processed by Mrs. Lake. The tiles
are fired twice-bisque fired, then
glazed separately and refired-in her
electric kiln. Other local materials
used include melted old glass and
black beach sand.
Mrs. Lake credits her interest in
ceramics to the inspiring teaching
of the Panamanian artist, Diana
Chiari de Gruber, with whom she
studied in the fall of 1965. Since
then she has studied ceramics at the
Herron School of Art of Indian-
apolis, Ind. Prior to coming to the
Canal Zone Mrs. Lake had won
recognition in Illinois and Kansas
for her oil painting. Recently she
was one of the judges for the Na-
tional League of American Pen-
women's Art Show.

Learn to speak in many lan-
guages, for that is an asset.
Learn to keep silent in at least
one. That, too, is an asset.

Burton L. Powell, general foreman (salvage and diving), Industrial Division
Diving School at Gatun, is shown inside the recompression chamber where
he recently treated a lock operator, who suffered a case of the "bends,"
or decompression sickness, while working in the Gatun Locks overhaul.

A tall tale much circulated during
the 1920's was that as the earth
revolved on its axis, it needed oil to
lubricate the bearings and since men
were punching holes in it and ex-
tracting the oil put there for this
purpose it was beginning to creak
and groan and this was causing
earthquakes. The dire prediction
was that if the oil companies didn't
stop digging oil wells the earth was
going to stop rotating due to lack of
oil for the bearings.
This tale was told in jest but from
earliest history men speculated as to
the cause of earthquakes and many
theories were advanced before sci-
entific knowledge was available.
Some insisted that giant tortoises,
moles, hogs, or whales lived deep
inside the earth and their restless
movements brought on the tremors.
The Hindus, at one time, maintained
that the earth was supported on
the backs of elephants and shakes,
could, of course, be expected.
We now know that earthquakes
may be caused by a number of
things. The movement of a train, the
jolt from a landslide, a dynamite ex-
plosion or heavy thunder may pro-
duce a miniature local earthquake
but the so-called seismic disturb-
ances, like the ones that occurred
here January 19 and 20, are usually
caused by a slipping or settlement at
fault lines in the earth rocks due to
overstressing at some locality of the
earth's surfaces.
A fault is a fracture in the earth's
crust accompanied by a displace-
ment of one side of the fracture with
respect to the other in a direction
parallel to the fracture. Places sub-
ject to earthquakes have usually had
many periods of seismic activity in
the past which have resulted in these
deep vertical faults. Some of these
fractures may be traced for many
miles. In California the San Andreas
Fault, recently well publicized in the
calypso song, "Day by Day," reaches
from the Gulf of California to the
coast north of San Francisco. Seis-
mic instruments have been set up
along this fault in an effort to obtain
understanding of the rate of strain
accumulation and what signals, if
any, precede a major shock. Studies
of continental drift, the interaction
between the earth's rotation and
seismic activity, and other funda-
mental studies are being carried out
in an attempt to better understand
earthquakes.
There is, as yet, no way to predict
where and when an earthquake will
occur. Still, people in areas where
there are frequent tremors are often
heard to say such things as "it is
perfect earthquake weather" when
the sky appears hazy even though
all available evidence indicates that
there is no connection between
weather and earthquakes.
An earthquake may be caused
also by the sudden eruption of a vol-
cano which sets up earth vibrations.
In this case, the earthquake shocks
usually precede the actual erup-
tion. The biggest quakes, however,
are not accompanied by volcanic
action.
The first indication of a heavy
earthquake is usually a distant sub-
terranean thunder that seems to
come from directly under one's feet.
In a second or two, the ground
swells into a low ridge moving like
a wave on the sea. Some people are

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The long irregular lines at bottom of this seismogram
were caused by the earthquake that occurred on the

affected by nausea, like seasick-
ness. Ponds of water may disappear
and disagreeable earth odors may
be noticed.
The source of an earthquake
shock may be miles below the sur-
face of the earth. The motion is
transmitted longitudinally and trans-
versely in waves like those of sound
and light. The speed of the move-
ment of these waves will vary as they
move away from the source, called
the "epicenter," according to the
elasticity and density of the rocks it
passes through, varying from a
few hundred feet a second to as high
as 5 miles a second. The waves move
slower and get further apart the
farther they get away from the
source. The quake is less violent the
farther one gets from the epicenter
although the markings of the seis-
mic instruments may show plainly
many thousands of miles away.
A small room in one corner of the

Isthmus, January 19. Lines at top show the pattern of
ordinary everyday vibrations.

basement of the Administration
Building at Balboa Heights provides
local information about earthquakes
which occur in this part of the world.
The sensitive equipment there is a
part of a global earthquake record-
ing network spanning six continents
and including a total of 125 stations
in 65 nations and islands.
Here, by using several seismo-
graphic instruments placed in proper
geographical relationship to the
earth, the various vibrations coming
from an earthquake are recorded
simultaneously. Using these record-
ings the seismologist then is able to
determine the direction from which
the vibrations came, the distance
they have traveled before reaching
the seismograph, and the severity of
the earthquake at it's point of
origin. By comparing data from a
number of different locations, much
more extensive information can be
accumulated.

Kenneth NI. Jorgensen, who acts as seismologist for thie Canal organization,
analyzes tihe seismological data recorded on the seismograph at Balboa
Heights during tile January 19 earthquake.

Small tremors or after shocks
usually follow an earthquake. One
such shock was felt on the Isthmus
January 27 a week after the heavier
quake which had registered between
5 and 5.5 on the Richter scale. The
after shocks often cause renewed
anxiety and people begin anticipat-
ing another heavy quake.
After the earthquake of Septem-
Ier 7, 1882, reported to be the worst
ever to occur on the Isthmus, many
people began standing several nar-
row\\ neck bottles upside down on a
table every night before they went
to bed so that the slightest shake
would upset the bottles and serve
as a kind of earthquake alarm.
Except for the 1882 earthquake,
which caused extensive damage,
Panama has been fortunate in com-
parison to her Central and South
American neighbors. Ralph Z. Kirk-
patrick, Panama Caial chief hydro-
grapher in 1923, in discussing Pan-
ama said: "Her ancient and un-
broken old Spanish Flat Arch, andt
the old masonry arched bridge and
old towers in Old Panama, standing
frangible but unbroken for over 300
years, told a reassuring story to the
practical engineers who were look-
ing for a safe site for an Isthmian
canal-better than could have the
best seismologists frbm theory. One
of the fortunate things nature did
was to put a sort of seismic safety
valve, as it were, over 100 miles
from the nearest part of the Canal,
in Panama Bay. In the general loca-
tion of the 100 fanthom depth line
in Panama Bay there seems to be
submarine palisades, running from
the west coast of Colombia along
the bedt of the occan nearly to Costa
Rica. The occasional little jolt that
is felt in Panama and the Canal
Zone is nearly always from away out
there; the saflct valve is working to
take up tile undue earth stresses
thiat haveI mounted( up a little high
since the last earth readjustmentt"
Reassuring as this is, however, the
receit'il tremors have cauisd interest
in what to do ill the case of an earth-
qulake and here are suggestions
olcered by the U.S. Environmental
Science Service Administration:

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What To Do

During, After

The Shaking

During the Shaking:
1. Don't panic. The motion is
frightening, but unless it shakes
something down on top of you, it is
harmless. Keep calm and ride it out.
2. If it catches you indoors, stay
indoors. Take cover under a desk,
table, bench, or in doorways, halls,
and against inside walls. Stay away
from glass.
3. Don't use candles, matches, or
other open flames, either during or
after the tremor. Douse all fires.
4. If the earthquake catches you
outside, move away from buildings
and utility wires. Once in the open,
stay there until the shaking stops.
5. Don't run through or near
buildings. The greatest danger from
falling debris is just outside door-
ways and close to outer walls.
6. If you are in a moving car,
stop as quickly as safety permits, but
stay in the vehicle. A car is an excel-
lent scismometer, and will jiggle
wildly on its springs during the
earthquake, but it is a good place to
stay until the shaking stops.
After the Shaking:
1. Check your utilities, buf do not
turn them on. Earth movement may
have cracked water, gas, and elec-
trical conduits.
2. If you smell gas, open win-
dows and shut off the main valve.
Then leave the building and report
gas leakage to authorities. Don't re-
enter the house until a utility official
savs it is safe.
3. If water pipes are damaged,
shut off the supply at the main valve.
4. If electrical wiring is shorting
out, shut off current at the main
meter box.
5. Turn on your radio or tele-
vision (if conditions permit) to get
the latest emergency bulletins and
the locations of safe shelters.
6. Stay off the telephone except
to report an emergency.
7. Don't go sightseeing.
8. Stay out of severely damaged
buildings; aftershocks can shake
them down.

SPA Offcers

To Be Installed

Next Week

Maj. Bert N. Walker, USAF,
chief of the Academic Instructor
Course at the Inter-American Air
Forces Academy at Albrook AFB,
will be the guest speaker at the So-
ciety for Personnel Administration
evening dinner meeting, March 24.
in the Roosevelt Room of the Tivoli
Guest House. "The Invisible Cur-
tain" will be the subject of the
address which will deal with inter-
cultural relations.
Cocktails will be served at 6:15,
dinner at 7, and the program will
begin at 8. Officers for the new year
will be installed at this meeting and
will take over the society's leader-
ship at the next regular meeting in
April. The new officers are Irving
Russell, president; Thonmas Mc-
Manus, vice president; and Miss Na-
tividad PrNrez, secretary-treasurer.
The deadline for reservations is
Monday, March 22. Reservations
and tickets are available froin Miss
Enid Sullivan and Mrs. Loretta ILim,
NMilitary 85-6112 or 85-2125; or
Miss Catalina Tosoni, 2-3057 or
2-2330 or from thle present officers
of the clul). The cost per person is
53.25 plus a piay-as-yoli-go liar.

(Continued from p. 1)
work of weather instruments for
analyzing fog and developing a
method for forecasting it. The in-
struments are located at Gamboa,
La Pita and Pedro Miguel.
Captain Lyons' system has been
put into operation and the regular
readings from these instruments now
provide a valuable record for fore-
casting meteorological conditions in
the Cut area. Such knowledge is
helping in preventing costly ship
accidents, permitting early resched-
uling of ships to avoid potential fog
situations, and generally easing
Canal traffic.
In the past, Captain Lyons said,

"OLIVER!"
(Continued from p. 1)
included in the traditional Spring
Concert at Balboa High School.
Quinn, who has produced all
United Fund productions since
1964, will spend time in England
this Spring to absorb some of the
Dickensian atmosphere which he
will adapt to the play.
Mrs. Nancy Bums has been ap-
pointed properties chairman. Mrs.
Toni Hatchett will be wardrobe
mistress for the professional cos-
tumes which will be brought from
New York City. Joseph M. Watson
will be business manager for Oliver!

fog reports in Gaillard Cut were in
the nature of descriptions of visibil-
ity related to Marine Traffic Con-
trol by various marine personnel
and at best were educated guesses
on the part of all concerned.
The pilots themselves developed
a native weather lore something
along the line of a farmer who ex-
pects a thunderstorm because his
cows are restless. He said in his sug-
gestion that since most signs have a
scientific basis, it would seem that
the operation of the Panama Canal
warranted a more detailed meteoro-
logical system of studying and fore-
casting fog.
The Panama Canal Meteorologi-
cal and Hydrographic Branch are
now finding the answers through this
system of accurate reports to a numn-
ber of questions including the fre-
quency, duration and intensity of
fog in the Cut during all months of
the year. Also, the studies now
underway are determining the most
useful piece of meteorological data
for making forecasts.
Computer analysis of the data so
far gathered, points to air pressure
change as the best indication of
when fog will form in the Cut with-
in a 6-hour period.
The study of fog in Gaillard Cut
and a search for methods of dissi-
pating it has been a part of the Pan-
ama Canal improvement program.

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Calling on Lt. Gov. R. S. Hartline and inviting him to of the Abou Saad Temple. Included in the admission
"Spring Fever," which will be presented at the Balboa price of $1 is the film "Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
Theater at 7:30 p.m., March 23, are some participants with Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston, which will
in the show. Performing along with the Canal Zone be shown at the conclusion of the stage presentation.
Dance Theater will be children from the dance schools Left to right are: Dan Harned, Potentate of Abou Saad
at the YMCA, Balboa, Fort Clayton, and Paraiso who Temple; Mrs. Fay de Ferguson, director of the show;
will appear in the production number, "A Dance Adven- Eartha King; Lieutenant Governor Hartline; Valeria
ture with Mr. Poppins." Proceeds from the show will Figueroa, and Pam Mitchell.
go to the Shriner's Crippled Children's Hospital Fund

March 19, 1971

Medical Wives

To Elect New

OFficers
MARU and Corgas Memorial
Laboratory wives of the Canal Zone
Medical Wives Society will host a
brunch at their regular monthly
meeting at 9:30 a.m., April 1, at the
Fort Clayton Officers' Club. The
chairman of the brunch has an-
nounced that election of officers will
be held during the meeting.
A highlight of the special program
will be a lecture and slide presenta-
tion on Huacas by Neville Harte,
well known local archaeologist.
Harte will display his famous repro-
ductions and his book, "The Golden
Huaca" will be sold as well as some
of his gold reproductions, at the
meeting.
Reservations or cancellations must
be made with the unit representa-
tives by March 30.
The cookbook "La Cocina de Pa-
nama," a joint project of the Canal
Zone and Panama Medical Wives
Societies, will be on sale at the side
entrance of Balboa Retail Store on
March 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cost of the cookbook is $3 and pro-
ceeds from the sale of the book will
go to charity projects sponsored by
the societies.
The Canal Zone Medical Wives'
Society reminds those who are ap-
plying for its Canal Zone College
scholarship that deadline for sub-
mitting the application to the Assist-
ant Dean of the College is April 1.
Mrs. Delmar Posey, scholarship
chairman, has requested that stu-
dents interested in pursuing a career
in medical fields apply for the schol-
arship. Applications are available in
the administration office of the
Canal Zone College.

CAYUCO RACE
(Continued from p. 1)
crowned as the 1971. Ocean-to-
Ocean Cayuco Race Queen.
A trophy will be presented to the
first place boat and pennants to crew
members of the first four cayucos.
Members of the first, second, and
third place boats will receive medals
also.
All crew members, including
those in "patch" boats, will receive
race emblems. Patch boats do not
compete for awards but qualify the
crew members to wear the Cayuco
Race Patch on their uniforms.

Application must be submitted on Form 433, APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER. A separate aipli-
cation must be submitted for each job listed. When applying for more than one position, indi-
cate 1st choice, 2d choice, etc. New listings are shown in boldface type. The base rates shown
will be increased for U.S. citizens by the appropriate differential plus a tax factor where appli-
cable. 1 Indicates a written test requirement. Signifies a security position to be filled only by
a U.S. citizen. Further information may be obtained from the Employment and Placement Branch,
telephones 2-1221, 2-3618, or 3-1288. Employing officials should not be contacted directly.

President Designates

March Red Cross Month

President Richard M. Nixon has
designated March as Red Cross
Month and urges Federal employees
and members of the Armed Forces
to support the Red Cross through
their contributions to the national
fund goal and to give their services
as volunteers and as blood donors.
In his memorandum, the Pres-
ident stated: "As President of the
United States and Honorary Chair-
man of the American National Red
Cross, I extended my personal sup-
port to the vital humanitarian activi-
ties of the Red Cross. I know that
you as citizens and leaders will want
to do likewise."
He noted that "recent efforts of
the Red Cross have brought relief
to victims of Hurricane Celia and of
flooding in Puerto Rico. Around the
world the Red Cross has helped
American servicemen in Vietnam
and 29 other countries; has taken a

Some people spend more time
arranging the hair on their heads
than their brains.

leading role in urging adherence to
the Geneva conventions in the treat-
ment of American prisoners of war
in North Vietnam; and has minis-
tered to refugees from the civil strife
in Jordan and from East Pakistan's
catastrophic cyclone. It adds up to
a titanic achievement in easing
human suffering, and summons all
of us in the Federal Government to
set an example for the Nation with
an outpouring of support during
March."

YOUTH COUNCIL
(Continued from p. 1)

night, a "Penny Arcade" with a pool
table and pin-ball machines, and a
"chuck wagon" eatery staffed by
students who cook and serve.
Admission to dances with one
band is 50 cents and when two
bands are scheduled admission is $1.
Other Canal Zone youth centers
are operated in Paraiso and Mar-
garita.

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"The name is familiar," says Mrs. Maurice Minskoff, selective service clerk,
smiling as she registers Jerome Gary, her son, who became 18 on Feb-
ruary 26. Jerome's father is a construction inspector at Howard AFB.